JA Staessen, J Wang, G Bianchi, WH Birkenhäger - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
Hypertension is a frequent, chronic, age-related disorder, which often entails debilitating cardiovascular and renal complications. Blood pressure is usually noted in combination with …
PS Sever, B Dahlöf, NR Poulter, H Wedel, G Beevers… - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
Background The lowering of cholesterol concentrations in individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease improves outcome. No study, however, has assessed benefits of …
Executive summary Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of disability and premature death throughout the world, and contributes substantially to the escalating costs of health …
K Wolf-Maier, RS Cooper, H Kramer, JR Banegas… - …, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Levels of hypertension treatment and control have been noted to vary between Europe and North America, although direct comparisons with similar methods have not been …
There is a large market for blood pressure measuring devices not only in clinical medicine but also among the public where the demand for self measurement of blood pressure is …
Background Patients with high blood pressure (hypertension) in the community frequently fail to meet treatment goals‐a condition labelled as" uncontrolled" hypertension. The optimal …
MD Tobin, NA Sheehan, KJ Scurrah… - Statistics in …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A population‐based study of a quantitative trait may be seriously compromised when the trait is subject to the effects of a treatment. For example, in a typical study of quantitative …
B Williams, NR Poulter, MJ Brown, M Davis… - Journal of human …, 2004 - nature.com
These guidelines update previous reports by working parties of the British Hypertension Society (BHS) in 1989, 1 19932 and 1999. 3 Updating these guidelines is appropriate …
CJ Vaughan, N Delanty - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
A hypertensive emergency is a situation in which uncontrolled hypertension is associated with acute end-organ damage. Most patients presenting with hypertensive emergency have …